birdayz/kaf
Modern CLI for Apache Kafka, written in Go. observed · 2026-10-09
Health v2 · maintenance only
67/100
- Activity 73
- Release rhythm 41
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 174.0
- age_days: 2961
- days_rel: 235
- days_push: 166
- n_releases_24m: 3
Adoption not part of the score
2445 stars · 162 forks observed · 2026-10-09
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Kaf is a modern command-line tool for Apache Kafka written in Go, inspired by kubectl and docker. It lets users manage clusters, topics, consumer groups, and produce/consume messages directly from the terminal.
Use cases
- inspect kafka topics and consumer groups from the terminal
- produce and consume kafka messages from the command line
- reset consumer group offsets for a kafka topic
- pipe messages between kafka topics
- manage multiple kafka cluster configurations
- describe kafka topic partitions and replicas
When to choose
- you want a kubectl-like CLI for day-to-day Kafka operations
- you need quick topic/group inspection and message debugging without a GUI
- you script Kafka interactions in shell pipelines
When to avoid
- you need a graphical Kafka management UI
- you require full Kafka admin operations like cluster provisioning or ACL-heavy management
- you need a Kafka client library for embedding in an application
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
cli message-queue developer-tools developer-tools microservices cli windows go apache-kafka kafka-cli message-streaming event-streaming kubectl-inspired messaging command-line linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/birdayz/kaf · fetched 2026-10-09 · 2ef98a542eb3
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| birdayz/kaf | main | 67 |
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